Marcus Charles Lawrence KLINE

(1855-1911)

KLINE, Marcus Charles
Lawrence, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Emaus,
Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pa., March 26, 1855; attended
the common schools in the borough of Emaus, Pa., and was graduated
from Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa., June 26, 1874; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in
Allentown; city solicitor of Allentown in 1877; district attorney
for Lehigh County 1887-1890; chairman of the Democratic county
committee of Lehigh County 1895-1899; president Lehigh Valley Trust
Co. 1899-1906; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and
Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1906; resumed the practice of his
profession and also engaged in banking; president Allentown Trust
Co. 1907-1911; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in
1908; died in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., March 10, 1911;
interment in Fairview Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present